Leaf-holder for books.



H. NOLL.

LEAF HOLDER FOR BOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25. 1914.

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HENRY NOLL, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

LEAF-HOLDER FOR BOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Application filed August 25, 1914. Serial No. 858,530.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY NoLL, a subj ect of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leaf- Holders forBooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding open leaves of books,magazines and the like, the principal object of my invention being toprovide a simple and effective instrument for the purpose named.

Another object of my invention is to con struot the device of a singlepiece of wire, and still another object is to so shape the holder thatthe same may be readily operated by one hand when it is desired to turna leaf.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novelform and arrangement of the various parts of the device as hereindescribed and more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, Figure l is a view in front elevation of my improved leafholder. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a viewin front elevation of a book showing my device positioned thereon. Fig.A is a view of the back of a book showing the manner in which my deviceis operated when a leaf is to be turned. Fig. 5 is a view in frontelevation of a book showing another manner of using the device.

Denoting corresponding parts by the same numerals of reference, mydevice consists of a single piece of wire 1, having a substantiallyrectangular loop 2 formed in the center thereof. The ends of this loopare bent at right angles thereto at the center of one of the long sidesas shown at 3. These portions are parallel and lie in the same plane asthe loop 2, and a short dlstance from this loop are bent at right anglesto this plane and are fastened together by means of a metallic clip 4.At the other end of this clip the wires are again bent parallel to theplane containing the loop 2 and portion 3 and are slightly separatedforming two long parallel lengths 5 and 6. On the ends of these lengthsare formed the curved loops 7 and 8 respectively, in which the fingersor thumb may be inserted to operate the device when a leaf is to beturned.

The preferred manner of using this device is shown at Figs. 3 and 4wherein one of the lengths 6 is inserted between the leaves of one sideof the book and the other length as 5 is placed on the outside of thebook, on the other side of the book the length 3 extending over the openpages at the center thereof. The rectangular loop 2 thus extendslaterally some distance over both leaves at the point where the book isopen thus preventing the same from closing. When the book is grasped inthe hand one of the fingers may be inserted in the loop 7 and when it isdesired to turn a leaf the loop is moved slightly upward a suflicientdistance so that the portion 2 is moved above the top of the page, thusallowing the neXt page to be turned over when the portion 2 is againmoved downwardly to hold the page in its place. Not only does my devicehold .the pages from turning, but by slightly spreading the lengths 5and 6 as illustrated in Fig. 3, the same serve as a stiffening means tohold the back of the book or magazine in parallel relation and also to alarge extent to prevent paper covered magazines and books from curvingdownwardly when held in one hand.

Another method of using this device as illustrated in Fig. 5, isparticularly intended to overcome this action of paper covered books.When used in this manner, the arms 5 and 6 are spread until the loops 7and 8 are positioned about central with the backs of the books. The loop2 is preferred positioned at the lower edge of the leaves and graspedunder the thumb. When used in this manner the book is held in its flatopen position and at the same time the leaves are prevented from beingturned.

What I claim as new and wish to cover by Letters Patent is:

1. A leaf holder for books comprising a rectangular wire loop adapted tobe against the open pages of a book at the center thereof, the ends ofthe wire forming the loop being brought together near the center of oneof the long sides of the loop and bent at right angles to the plane ofthe loop, clip means holding said last mentioned portions together, theends of the wire being further bent into a plane parallel to the planeof the loop and separated from but normally parallel to each other, saidlast mentioned portions being adapted to spring into \l-shaped relationand being extended in the same direction as the loop and a relativelylarge distance beyond the loop whereby the ends of the last mentionedportion may be reached by the readers hand from the lower edge of thebook when the loop is slipped over the upper edge of the book, and

bent into a plane parallel to the plane of the loop and separated frombut normally parallel to each other, said last mentioned portions beingadapted to spring into V-shaped relation and being extended in the samedirection as the loop and a relatively large distance beyond the loopwhereby the ends of the last mentioned portion may be reached by thereaders hand from the lower edge of the book when the loop is slippedover the upper edge of the book, and loops formed on the ends of thelast mentioned portion lying in a plane parallel to said rectangularloop and adapted to be engaged by the fingers of the user.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY NOLL.

Witnesses:

S, l). GIBBEL, W. A. STOCK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O. I

